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Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

May 8, 2026 at 14:41 · TechCrunch

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.

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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

May 8, 2026 at 12:49 · TechCrunch

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.

May 8, 2026 at 14:41

Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.

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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

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May 8, 2026 at 14:41 TechCrunch

Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.
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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.
May 7, 2026 at 23:11 TechCrunch

Ramp in talks to hit $40B+ valuation, 6 months after reaching $32B

The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in Nov...
May 7, 2026 at 22:24 TechCrunch

OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API

The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other ...
May 7, 2026 at 21:49 TechCrunch

Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%

The company made a series of other announcements during earnings, including a new commercial contract, a pilot program in Canada, and a c...

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Microsoft is officially killing its Outlook Lite app next month

Launched in 2022, Outlook Lite is a lightweight version of the regular Outlook app, designed for Android phones with limited storage and regions with slower internet connections...

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Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent

The new features would be geared toward enterprise customers, with better security controls than the famously risky open source OpenClaw agent.

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Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else

Stanford’s latest AI Index shows a widening gap between experts and the public, with rising anxiety over jobs, healthcare, and the economy.

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TechCrunch Apr 13, 2026 at 18:41 Startups
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FBI announces takedown of phishing operation that targeted thousands of victims

Cybercriminals allegedly used the W3LL phishing kit to target more than 17,000 victims worldwide, stealing their passwords and multi-factor authentication codes.

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TechCrunch Apr 13, 2026 at 17:02 Startups
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Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers’ data

The travel giant notified customers that their personal data, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers, may have been accessed in a security incident.

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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge

While many startups founded prior to the emergence of ChatGPT are struggling to position themselves for the AI era, Vercel, a 10-year-old dev tool and website hosting platform, ...

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TechCrunch Apr 13, 2026 at 14:46 Startups
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Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion

The data breach at Anodot, which affects customers like Rockstar Games, is the latest hack aimed at stealing data from a large number of corporate giants.

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TechCrunch Apr 13, 2026 at 12:15 Startups
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Roblox introduces ‘Kids’ and ‘Select’ accounts for age-appropriate access to games and chat

Users aged five to nine will be assigned to a "Roblox Kids" account, and users aged nine to 15 to will be put in a "Roblox Select" account.

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TechCrunch Apr 12, 2026 at 21:14 Startups
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Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model

The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk.

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Anthropic Defense Department Encouraging Banks
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TechCrunch Apr 12, 2026 at 19:58 Startups
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Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses

These glasses are a step back from an ambitious plan that once called for Apple to launch a variety of mixed and augmented reality devices.

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TechCrunch Apr 12, 2026 at 16:06 Startups
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TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

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TechCrunch Apr 12, 2026 at 15:07 Startups
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From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

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